Airworthy Prep

Airline Transport Pilot Airplane test code

AA.VI.B.R3Instrument Procedures: Departure Procedures

Airline Transport Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation VI, task B

Written as aa.vi.b.r3 or AA.VI.B.R3 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Automation management.

FAA-S-ACS-11A, Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), VI. Instrument Procedures, Task B. Departure Procedures

What it means

AA.VI.B.R3 is a risk management element in the Instrument Procedures area of operation of the Airline Transport Pilot Airplane test standard. A risk management element is a hazard the FAA expects you to be able to spot and manage, and the written test can ask questions on it.

AA
Airline Transport Pilot Airplane ACS
VI
Area of operation VI: Instrument Procedures
B
Task B: Departure Procedures
R3
Risk management element 3

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing AA.VI.B.R3 there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.

Sources: FAA-S-ACS-11A, Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.

Can be printed on 4 tests
  • Airline Transport Pilot Multiengine Airplane Canadian Conversion (ACM)
  • Airline Transport Pilot Single Engine Airplane Canadian Conversion (ASC)
  • Airline Transport Pilot Multiengine Airplane (ATM)
  • Airline Transport Pilot Single Engine Airplane (135) (ATS)

Got more than one code on your report?

Paste them all into the free study planner and it groups them by subject, most missed first.